(kathleen zellner, steven avery's lawyer) "what am i here to do? i'm here to file a motion for new scientific testing." zellner could have had an underling file the paperwork. (colleen henry, reporting) "is there a reason you felt it was important to be here today?" (kathleen zellner, steven avery's motion for the case and i'm going to go see mrs. avery." making a murderer made steven avery an international cause...today, swarmed by cameras, his lawyer filed her first substantive motion since the series aired. (kathleen zellner, steven avery's lawyer) "we are going to get to the bottom of who killed teresa halbach." zellner says she has scientists on standby from ucla all the way to sweden to do new dna testing, even carbon dating - she says it will show if avery's blood at the crime scene was planted. (kathleen zellner, lawyer) "if you did plant the evidence that science is going to catch up with you...and that's what we're going to see in this." (kathleen zellner, steven avery's lawyer) "no one who's guilty would ever allow this extensive testing

kathleen zellner.. was here a few hours ago.. to file this motion in person.. the motion for post conviction scientific testing.. its been about 10 years since photographer teresa halbach. to undo a conviction like this there 20,000 pages of records theres many swabs that were never tested, so weve had to go back through evertythingnow... his attorney kathleen zellner wants to take a closer look at some of the evidence... these tests are going to establish definitively the age of the blood, in the victims vehicle, so we are going to know through radio carbon or dna methalatonion, zel testing has already been done.. the motion filed is a few hundred pages thick.... proof of many months of arguous work... "now weve got it pinned down to the testing we need to do to determine once and for all was the evidence in the vehicle planted was the dna on the bullet planted , was the car key planted was dna on the car key planted , were going to be able to answer all of the questions " but first... the attorney

kathleen zellner is based out of chicago... she's well know for getting 17 convictions overturned. at least two of those wrongful convictions involved people serving time for murder. now zellner was not originally on this case-- she decided to jump on board in january-- just days after the netflix docu-series "making a murderer" was released. the court clerk here in manitowoc says she spoke with zellner's law office this who confirmed the motion is being "finalized". reporting live outside the manitowoc county courthouse, eric ross, today's tmj4. earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the release of avery's nephew, brendan dassey. questioning and that he was coerced into a confession. the state has 90 days to appeal the ruling or ask for a re- trial. we're learning more about the two-year-old boy who died after getting stuck in a window at his grandmother's house. katie crowhter is the only reporter who sat down with that grandmother today. she is live at the medical examiner's office with more. katie? the medical examiner has not released an exact cause of death yet. the littl

attorney "kathleen zellner" had until monday at five p-m to file a motion of appeal. today's move...asks to move that deadline. appeal. today's move...asks to move that deadline. avery is currently serving a life sentence for the 2005 death of i'd call this weather "picture perfect." we'll have mostly sunny skies, low humidity, and highs in the upper 70s friday. cloud cover will start to move in later this evening ahead of our next storm chances, which look to arrive in the midnight hours - and will continue on and off through saturday. today: mostly sunny and comfortable. high: 79 dewpoint: 58 wind: for the third time in 10 days...the medical examiner's office was called out to investigate the death of a toddler in milwaukee. the latest, taking place near 13th and finn. police say they were called to the scene about 7-30 last night...after a 2- year-old boy was found unresponsive-- after being put down for a nap. an autopsy is expected to take place later today. a 20-year-old man dies after a shootout between two groups city's west side. police say it happened near 2

kathleen zellner has until monday to file an appeal. wanted to come out and just show support for her and for steven." fans of the show began outside the courthouse, as rumors documentarians and kathleen zellner would today. "so we're really excited with what she has to say and what she comes up with." as excited as the public may be to hear moret's an anxious time for the avery family as they wait, wonder and hope. ducat has heard zellner's office may have uncovered new information that could point to a different suspect, but she couldn't answer any questions on that today. "no i wish i did. but that's awful hush hush. i don't believe anybody in the family knows this view from a helicopter shows some of the damage from the tornado that hit kokomo, indiana yesterday. it was an e- f 3 tornado... winds up to 165 miles an hour. governor mike spence lefthe campaign trail to tour "it'll be ok. at least we are all here" remarkably, all did, indeed, survive eight tornados that tore through indiana."we are very blessed to be able to tell you we don't have any serious injuries or any casualtie

kathleen zellner has until monday to file an appeal. wanted to come out and just show support for her and for steven." fans of the show began outside the courthouse, as rumors documentarians and kathleen zellner would today. "so we're really excited with what she has to say and what she comes up with." as excited as the public may be to hear moret's an anxious time for the avery family as they wait, wonder and hope. ducat has heard zellner's office may have uncovered new information that could point to a different suspect, but she couldn't answer any questions on that today. "no i wish i did. but that's awful hush hush. i don't believe anybody in the family knows

his attorney kathleen zellner wants to take a closer look at some of the evidence... these tests are going to establish definitively the age of the blood, in the to know through radio carbon or dna methalatonion, zellner says some testing has already been done.. the motion filed is a few hundred pages thick.... proof of many months of arguous work... "now weve got it pinned down to the testing we need to do to determine once and for all was the evidence in the vehicle planted was the dna on the bullet planted , was the car key planted was dna of the questions " but first... the attorney general needs to agree to the testing... "if you think about it, no ones who's guilty would ever allow this extensive testing to be done. from fibers to contaminants to dna to blood aging, all of those things are going to be done in this. " today .. zellner also talked about possible other suspects.. she didn't go into detail.. but did say down dramatically. in manitowoc county, kk fox 6 news there is now a reward of more than 22 thousand dollars being offered to help find the person wh

kathleen zellner asked the court to put ery's appeal on hold... while she pursues this new evidence. the chicago-based results of the ested "the testing could result in mr. avery's conviction being overturned."avery and his nephew brendan dassey were both convicted in 2007 for the murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach. dassey's conviction was magistrate. the funeral for a man shot and killed by milwaukee police is currently underway. sylville smith died nearly two weeks ago after an officer shot him. hours after the shooting -- violence erupted in the sherman park neighborhood. rikki mitchell joins us live outside the funeral with an update. we are outside christian faith fellowship church on the northwest side -- the funeral just began through those doors. we know that rev. jesse jackson is service -- as requested by many people arrived early this morning to attend the visitation. we noticed a lot of red in the crowd -- and later learned that was sylville smiths favorite color. we spoke with the church's pastor who says the family chose

but in a tweet last month his attorney kathleen zellner promised "a tsumani of new evidence is on the way." she tweets about her visits to steven avery...in prison in waupun through her tweets ... zellner hint "planted evidence" "cellphone tower records" ... and dna "samples." zellner's deadline to file a motion in the case is monday but fox6 has learned she may do it sooner. zellner has to file the motion in person...at the manitowoc county courthouse. reporting live in milwaukee deandra corinthios fox6 news. three men facing charges in connection to the unrest in milwaukee are expected in court today. they're accused of breaking into near 47th and burleigh. 45-year-old "durrell jones" is charged with burglary. 22-year-old "joseph lindsey" and 20- year-old "devon love" are each charged with entry into a locked building. around midnight sunday, august 14th -- surveillance video shows several men inside the dark liquor store with flashlights. ..smashing glass cases and pulling liquor off of shelves. the owner of clark's liquor estimates the total amount stolen plus the damage could rea

it comes less than murder conviction.avery's attorney, kathleen zellner is requesting access to d-n-a evidence used to prosecute avery. she is also requesting new testing be done that was not available during the original trial. still no word on what the state plans to do following the overturned conviction of avery's nephew... brendan dassey.he was convicted of helping avery murder teresa halbach in 2005... but a federal judge recently overturned the decision... saying his confession was co-erced.the state has decision... decide to re-try dassey... or release him from prison. more news now--drug maker mylan says it plans to boost access to its epipen auto- injector.the news comes after mylan came under fire for a 400-percent price increase in the past decade.under the company's new pricing plan, mylan is reducing the cost through the use of a savings card.patients who were previously paying the full price for the epipen will have their out-of-pocket cost cut on c-n-b-c, mylan's c-e-o said the company wants to insure the life-saving drug is available to those who need it. "this isn't

we could find out as soon as today what avery's attorney -- kathleen zellner -- has planned to free him. she has to file the motion in person...at the manitowoc county netflix series "making a murderer" put steven avery back in the headlines ... zellner and her chicago law firm signed on to represent him earlier this year. now avery's supporters are hopeful for a bombshell. zellner tweeted last month " a tsunami of new evidence is on the way" her tweets indicate her case focuses on "planted evidence" "cellphone tower records"...and "dna samples"... she even hinted at a new suspect. avery and his nephew ... brendan dassey ... have been in prison for nearly a decade ... convicted of the 2005 murder of theresa halbach. avery is serving a life sentence in waupun. if avery's motion is filed this week ... it will come two weeks after a federal judge overturned dassey's conv whether to retry dassey ... or whether he'll be released from prison. adlib to weather we're through most of this morning's rain, and it's time for things to clear up! we'll see a mix of sun and clouds through the afternoo

kathleen zellner asked the court to put avery's appeal on hold... while she pursues this new evidence. the chicago- based lawyer told the court "the results of the requested testing could result in mr. avery's conviction being conviction being overturned." avery and his nephew brendan dassey were both convicted in 2007 for the murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach.dassey's conviction was recently overturned by a governor scott walker is promising 4-point-5 million for job creation and to clean up blighted property in the sherman park neighborhood. community leaders say frustration over unemployment and economic disparities underlie the violence and destruction of property that rocked sherman park for two nights following the aug. 13 killing of sylville smith. west allis police department is recruiting new officers. the department is reaching out to people without prior law enforcement experience. the starting salary is roughly 50 thousand recruits do not need a college degree... instead just sixty college credits--- and graduate from the p

but in a tweet last month his attorney kathleen zellner promised "a tsumani of new evidence is on the way." she tweets about her visits to steven avery...in prison in waupun through her tweets ... zellner hints at her case ...of "planted evidence" "cellphone tower records" ... and dna "samples." zellner's deadline to file a motion in the case is monday but fox6 has learned she may do in person...at the manitowoc county courthouse. reporting live in milwaukee deandra corinthios fox6 news. also looking ahead - three men charged in connection to the unrest in milwaukee... will be in court. angelica's following that in studio. the three men are accused of breaking into clark's beer and liquor store near 47th and burleigh. it's one of several businesses police say criminals targeted during the sherman park unrest. 45-year-old with burglary. 22-year-old joseph lindsey and 20-year- old devon love are each charged with entry into a locked building. around midnight sunday, august 14th... surveillance video shows several men inside the dark liquor store with flashlights. soon, many more begin t

supporters thought his attorney- kathleen zellner- would file a motion to begin the appeal of his murder filed.they hope an appeal could lead to his conviction being overturned.a manitowoc county deputy clerk tells us the county clerk is out of the office until monday. as of right now... they are not aware of anything coming in from zellner's office. 3 this comes almost two weeks after a federal court overturned the conviction of avery's nephew- brendan dassey. the court found investigators tricked dassey into confessing to his role in halbach's re-trial process or dassey will be released from prison. several arrests to report .... after we broke the story about a spree of burglaries at local hayat pharmacies. pharmacies.both milwaukee and greenfield police have several suspects in custody.the owner of hayat pharamcy tells us he believes they're responsible for some if not all of the 17 break in's over the past month. surveillance video shows the damage the thieves have done. one man is hurt and nearly two dozen s a house explosion in madison. madison.a 57-year-old man was taken to the h

kathleen zellner arrived in a limo, wearing a st. john's knit suit and a full tv crew following her. zellner filed a motion seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence. zellner says she has scientists on standby from u-c-l-a all the way to sweden to do new dna testing, even carbon dating. she says it will show if avery's blood at the crime (kathleen zellner, steven avery's lawyer) "if you did plant the evidence that science is going to catch up with you...and that's what we're going to see in this." avery was convicted in the 2005 murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach. by cops - v there is a new app that hopes to reduce violence during traffic stops. it's called "copwise". the first thing that happens when you open up the app... it starts recording audio, which you can use in court as evidence. the app also has a resource area where you can readp or if you don't know what to say, the app can say it for you. nats - "officer, i now wish to invoke my 4th and 5th amendment rights." the app developer says it's a

-supporters have been out here since noon -avery lawyer, kathleen zellners office says anything that could be filed says anything that zellners office lawyer, kathleen zellners office says anything that could be filed won't happen today is expected to do she has to have it in by monday.the manitowoc clerk of courts says she was here at the courthouse yesterdayat this point zellner has not responded to our requests for comment.if she files the appeal is today this courthouse will once again fall under the national spotlight especially with the documentry making a murder. there are avery supporters also coming today... and i spoke with one just a few minutes ago. we will be here all day watching for avery's lawyer and bring you any updates on the cbs 58 news at four and five.live in manitowoc county david ade..cbs 58 news. 3 this comes almost two weeks after a federal court overturned the conviction of avery's nephew, brendan dassey. it found investigators tricked dassey into confessing to his role in halbach's murder. prosecutors now have less than released from prison. meterologist r

but in a tweet last month his attorney kathleen zellner promised "a tsumani of new evidence is on the way." she tweets about her visits to steven avery...in prison in waupun through her tweets ... zellner hints at her case ...of "planted evidence" "cellphone tower records" ... and dna "samples." zellner's deadline to file a motion in the case is monday zellner has to file the motion in person...at the manitowoc county courthouse. reporting live in milwaukee deandra corinthios fox6 news. also looking ahead - three men charged in connection to the unrest in milwaukee... will be in court. angelica's following that in studio. the three men are accused of breaking into clark's beer and liquor store near 47th and burleigh. it's one of several businesses police say criminals targeted during the durrell jones is charged with burglary. 22-year-old joseph lindsey and 20-year- old devon love are each charged with entry into a locked building. around midnight sunday, august 14th... surveillance video shows several men inside the dark liquor store with flashlights. soon, many more begin to crowd i

live in milwaukee with the latest we could find out as soon as today what avery's attorney -- kathleen zellner -- has planned to free him. she has to file the motion in person...at the manitowoc county courthouse...and she's already dropped some serious hints. the netflix series "making a murderer" put steven avery back in the headlines signed on to represent him earlier this year. now avery's supporters are hopeful for a bombshell. zellner tweeted last month " a tsunami of new evidence is on the way" her tweets indicate her case focuses on "planted evidence" "cellphone tower records"...and "dna samples"... she even hinted at a new suspect. avery and his nephew ... brendan dassey ... have been in prison for nearly a decade ... convicted of the 2005 murder of theresa halbach. avery is serving a life sentence if avery's motion is filed this week ... it will come two weeks after a federal judge overturned dassey's conviction. the state has 90 days to decide whether to retry dassey ... or whether he'll be released from prison. reporting live in milwaukee guidelines at uw milwaukee have some studen

kathleen zellner was here just a few hours ago... to file it in person. she says amoung other things.. the tests will focus on dna from when photographer teresa halbach was found murdered here in manitowoc county. she says scientists from all over the world have been enlisted to help... zellner says some testing has already been done. "if you think about it, no ones who's guilty would ever allow this extensive testing to be done. from fibers to contaminants to dna to blood aging, all of those things zellner says in wisconsin.. typically the state pays for testing.. but says the defense is paying for it. she says the plan is to file a post conviction petition as soon as tehy get the test results... that is if the attorney general agrees to the testing. live in manitowoc county, krystle kacner fox 6 new brad thanks krystle. you can read the document filed today in the avery case today... visit fox fox6 news app -- you'll find the post atop our home page. you can also search "avery archive" to view our collection of stories dating back to 2003. new informati

kathleen zellner today asked the second district court of appeals for more time to file that request. avery was convicted in the 2005 killing of teresa in prison. netflix drew more attention to the case in its documentary, "making a murderer." more on today's developments tonight on live at six. autopsies erformed today on the nun from wisconsin and another nun who were found dead in their home in mississippi. sister margaret held did work for the school sisters of st. francis. police found a car that missing from the nuns' home. it's at the mississippi state crime lab. governor scott walker today ordered flags to fly half-staff in honor of staff sgt matthew thompson. thompson was from brookfield and graduated from marquette. he was killed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan earlier this week. thee milwaukee bucks will soon have a new practice and training facility --it will be right next door to a new health center downtown as ann sterling shows you, the two organizations are also working together to bring more doctors to southeast wisconsin. it doesn't look like much now here on the c

kathleen zellner arrived in a limo, wearing a st. john's knit suit and a full tv crew following her. zellner filed a motion seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence. zellner says she has scientists on standby from u-c-l-a all the way to sweden to do new dna avery's blood at the crime scene was planted. (kathleen zellner, steven avery's lawyer) "if you did plant the evidence that science is going to catch up with you...and that's what we're going to see in this." avery was convicted in the 2005 murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach. by cops - v there is a new app that hopes to reduce violence during traffic stops. it's called "copwise". the first thing that happens when you open up theap which you can use in court as or if you don't know what to say, the app can say it for you. nats - "officer, i now wish to invoke my 4th and 5th amendment rights." the app developer says it's a useful tool for both civilians and law enforcement. brian cumby/app creator) "sometimes people get aggravated or nervous or they j

kathleen zellner arrived in a limo, wearing a st. crew following her. zellner filed a motion seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence. zellner says she has scientists on standby from u-c-l-a all the way to sweden to do new dna testing, even carbon dating. she says it will show if avery's blood at the crime scene was planted. (kathleen zellner, steven avery's lawyer) "if you did plant the evidence we're going to see in this." avery was convicted in the 2005 murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach. by cops - v there is a new app that hopes to reduce violence during traffic stops. it's called "copwise". the first thing that happens when you open up the app... it starts recording audio, which you can use in court as or if you don't know what to say, the app can say it for you. nats - "officer, i now wish to invoke my 4th and 5th the app developer says it's a useful tool for both civilians and law enforcement. brian cumby/app creator) "sometimes people get aggravated or nervous or they just have trouble talking to police so this ki

and is looking for ev in a motion filed today, kathleen zellner asked the court to put avery's appeal on hold... while she pursues this new evidence. zellner believes new testing will prove her client is innocent. avery and his nephew, brendan dassey, were both convicted in 2007 for the murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach. dassey's conviction was recently overturned by a u-s magistrate. investigators are looking into the death of a two-year-old put down for a nap by his mother. lifesaving efforts by milwaukee police and fire personnel were unsuccessful and the child died on scene. the medical examiner tells us this is the third 2-year-old to die within the past ten days in milwaukee. police are trying to determine why and how two nuns were murdered in their rural mississippi home. one of the victims, 68-year-old sister margaret held, was part of the school sisters of st. francis in milwaukee signs of a break-in at the home--and nuns' car is missing. sister margaret taught at st. joseph catholic academy in kenosha during the seventies before she moved to mississippi . inves

kathleen zellner did not show up at the manitowoc courthouse thursday as expected.the chicago-based lawyer plans to request d-n-a evidence from the scene and offer an alternate theory of how teresa halbach died.supporters of avery drove hours hoping to see zellner. "after the documentary was released, i did a lot of independent research. -i kept of formed my opinion on their innocence, after i did all of that research on my own." avery and his nephew brendan dassey were both convicted in 2007 for the murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach.a u-s magistrate recently overturned dassey's conviction. happening today-governor scott walker set to make an important announcement regarding the state's economic and workforce development efforts for milwaukee.the governor will be joined by cabinet secretaries, mayor tom barrett and county executive chris abele. at 8-30 this morning at the "help in re-employment" center on north 27th street. decision 20-16donald trump's wisconsin director is asking senate candidate russ feingold to say whether hillary clinton's actions as secretary of state we

. >> since the ruling came down, the story has exploded: kathleen zellner took to twitter saying unmaking murderers, one false conviction at a time. >> this case has received international attention last year after the make release of making a murderer, a netflix docu-series. >> a second season is exploring the post-conviction process for both dassey and avery. no release date has been set. this has manitowoc back in the national spotlight. we have a preview. >> reporter: brendan dassey could be going free. t later. >>> will we need our umbrellas this weekend? let's go to chief meteorologist john malan. >> i don't think you'll need much of an umbrella this weekend. less humid air rolls in starting tomorrow, and some folks got a lot of rain, others not so much at all. pell lake, 174, about an inch and a quarter, but everybody, much less. look at the airport. of rainfall. this area of showers has been around all evening, but southern milwaukee county not getting much, racine kenosha, another area of showers. this is all moving in our direction. most of this rain will be gone by the morning

kathleen zellner says the motion would retest d-n-a evidence in the avery case and possibly present an alternate theory on who killed theresa month averys nephew brendan dasseys case was overturned after a judge determined the then 16 year olds confession should not stand. avery supporters have a good feeling about this one... lisa says: "i think she's going to definitely get steven out. i've been following her. zellner has until monday to file the motion. police are still searching for the suspects involved in four armed side-- and police believe they could be connected. police three women were robbed at gunpoint near u-w-m. an hour after that -- a woman was threatened with a knife near humboldt and pleasant. the third happened minutes later near water and brady. and then around 4 a-m-- a man was robbed at gunpoint on cass street near lyon. police say all the victims were in their twenties. "weve been here 70 years thank the good lord that business has been great for us, neighborhood has been beautiful, im sorry to hear happening all over the city." police say they believe due to the

his attorney kathleen zellner wants to take a closer look at some of the evidence... these tests are going to establish definitively the age of the blood, in the victims vehicle, so we are going to know through radio carbon or dna methalatonion, zel testing has already been done.. the motion filed is a few hundred pages thick.... proof of many months of arguous work... "now weve got it pinned down to the testing we need to do to determine once and for all was the evidence in the vehicle planted was the dna on the bullet planted , was the car key planted was dna on the car key planted , were going to be able to answer all of the questions " but first... the attorney testing... "if you think about it, no ones who's guilty would ever allow this extensive testing to be done. from fibers to contaminants to dna to blood aging, all of those things are going to be done in this. " today .. zellner also talked about possible other suspects.. she didn't go into detail.. but did say they have been able to narrow it down dramatically. live in manitowoc county, kk fox 6 news you ca

avery's attorney kathleen zellner has until monday to file a motion. zellner says the motion would re-test d-n-a evidence in the avery case and possibly present an alternate theory on who killed theresa halbach in 2005. earlier this month, averys nephew brendan dasseys case was overturned after a judge determined the then 16 year olds confession should not stand. the packers are on the road today...they'll be taking on san francisco tonight in california. but packer fans have plenty to be excited about -- as aaron rodgers expected to take a few snaps in the matchup. according to packers-dot- com....this will be the first preseason matchu b 49er's since 2008. the green and gold are two and oh in the preseason...beating the raiders and browns. tonight's game on the west coast starts at 9. ahead on wakeup - rio authorities charge u-s swimmer ryan lochte. how much trouble he is in - coming up. also this morning - more aftershocks strike italy after a large earthquake leveled towns earlier this week. the race to find survivors - next. plus -- hear from a wo

his appeal attorney kathleen zellner... plans to request access to d-n-a evidence from the scene.she during avery's initial trial. her deadline is ?monday.the case - made popular by the netflix series "making a murderer" - drew a lot of supporters.many stood outside of the manitowoc courthouse thursday hoping to see zellner. (tracie strunsee, avery supporter) "we're going to be finding out something soon and i just try to be optimistic about that. i have trust in her - she's an amazing attorney. she knows what she's doing so i have trust in her. it would be nice if we could find out something now but we waited this long. if we have to wait a little bit longer, it's not that big of a deal." deal." avery and his nephew brendan dassey were both convicted in 2007 for the murder of freelance photographer teresa halbach.dassey's conviction was recently overturned by a federal court. 3 a street fight- involving more than fifty people- is caught on camera outside an elementary school.a neighbhor shared this video.. taken at the ?en

kathleen zellner is known for getting convictions overturned. her cases have led to the...of 17 people. she does not say who she ev murder of teresa halbach. we tried to get an interview, we're told she is only speaking with clients at this point in time. as soon as the motion is filed, we will let you know on air and online. reporting live outside the manitowoc county courthouse, eric ross, today's tmj4. >> eric, thank you. still no word on what the state plans to do following the nephew brendan dassey. but, a federal judge recently overturned the decision saying, his confession was coerced and the state has less than 90 days to appeal, retry, or release dassey from prison. >>> "storm team 4," a break in the action, you're looking live from our marquette tower cam, more showers are expected tonight. we had sunshine later, it got really warm. john malan joins us with the rain totals racked u >> john: carole, they're so important, we are way down. this is the only spot in wisconsin, so far, southeast wisconsin that has had very little rainfall. w

hopeful that tweets and facebook posts have truth and steven averys attorney kathleen zellner is coming to town. well see what kind of magic shes going to do today kim ducat is a relative to steps to lend her support. hopefully the papers will go through. and something will actually happen today whats expected is that zellner will file a motion to retest the d-n-a in the avery case and she may put out a new theory on another killer who murdered photogprapher theresa halbach in 2005. fueling the excitement: a judicial decision earlier this month that averys nephew, brendan dassey will be freed or have a new trial. i think shes going to definitely get steven out. ive ben szatkowski is a co-administrator for a dassey and avery discussion group. shes posting updates anxious to get a glimpse of zellner. shes kind of said to us she might know who the killer is. im not sure she has it quite yet but im sure she has some good proof coming up so im interested in seeing what that is. the whole group is interested in seeing what that is the courthouse closed at 430—no documents filed yet. but

attorney kathleen zellner tweeting "justice for brendan as another law enforcement fabricated confession bites the dust. convicting the innocent foiled by an unbiased court." ruling, now means for her client. i'm hopeful steven avery is next. avery's former lawyer jerry buting spoke to us by phone. buting and former attorney dean strang have convinced millions who've watched the netflix documentary making a murderer their client was innocent. those yet unswayed-- a jury, and appeals judges. friday's ruling may not lead to a new trial for avery. the main reason--- dassey's controversial confession video thrown out by a judge friday, was not used in trial to help was not used at stephens trial. the jury questioners made it clear that 99% of the jurors believed he was guilty and that was largely based on the false narrative. buting says what will give avery a chance, the jury relied on dassey's now tossed timeline of events. and it was not the truth. it was infact refuted by all the physical evidence which proved it could not it happened. avery's new attorney writing "brendan's opinion show

avery's attorney kathleen zellner has until monday to file a motion. she's hinted that she's going to ask for the d-n-a in the case to be retested. avery was convicted of killing 2005. he claims his d-n-a was planted in halbach's car. a judicial decision earlier this month is only fueling the buzz. avery's nephew brendan dassey will either get a new trial or walk free. lisa szatkowski is a co-administrator for a dassey and avery discussion group. she's hoping to catch a glimpse of zellner herself. shes kind of said to us she might know who the killer is. im not sure she has it quite yet but im sure she has some good proof coming up so im interested in seeing what that is. the whole group is they and everyone else will have to wait until at least tomorrow when the courthouse reopens. again-- zellner has until monday to file the documents. fox6 news tracked the avery case from the beginning. we invite you to check out our collection of avery stories going back as far as 2003. search "avery archive" on fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app. charged with s

avery's attorney- kathleen zellner- was at the courthouse yesterday... but did not file an official motion.zellner is known for successfully overturning convictions. she after the series "making a murderer" premiered.cbs 58 reached out to zellner's office but so far- no response. avery's original trial attorney... who is not involved in the appeal... says he is optimistic that avery will get a new trial. "i think there's newly discovered evidence. i think he's got very competent, skilled team of lawyers working on his case and there's been tips that have been coming in all along, and it's just a matter of time, i think, until the out, and ultimately the state of wisconsin is going to look very bad." bad." brenden dassey's conviction was overturned by a federal judge about two weeks ago. we will be following this developing case closely. when that paperwork is filed.. we'll bring you the very latest. 3 a prosecutor is asking for a re-trial in the case against dennis brantner.bratner was recently on trial for the 19-90 murder of 18-year-old berit beck in f

attorney kathleen zellner promised "a tsumani of new evidence is on the way." avery and his nephew... brendan dassey ... have been in prison for nearly a decade ... convicted of the 2005 murder of theresa halbach. through her tweets ... zellner hints at her case ... of "planted evidence" "cellphone tower records" ... she even hints at a new suspect. zellner is expected to file a motion in the case ... as early as thursday ... and she'll have to do it in person. protests in manitowoc followed the netflix documentary. if avery's motion is filed this week ... it will come two weeks after a federal judge overturned dassey's conviction. the state has 90 days to decide whether to retry dassey ... or whether he'll be released from prison. now the question is ... the deadline for the motion is monday ... but we're hearing avery's attorney may file it sooner. there are still many in manitowoc who believe firmly in avery's guilt ... i expect we'll hear from them in the coming days. stick with fox6 as this story develops. we'll bring you the latest on wakeup starting tomo

an appeals court has set an august 29 deadline for kathleen zellner to file the paperwork in person. avery is currently serving life in prison with no chance at parole for the 2005 murder of teresa halbach in manitowoc count. a judge earlier this month threw out the murder conviction against avery's nephew brendan dassey. the state was given 90 days to decide whether to appeal or dassey will be released from prison. kathy: new at 6:00, stiffer, federal charges are filed in robberies at two milwaukee area pharmacies. police say tytianna jackson and marquise jones held up the swan month. anthony chappell and christopher morgan were charged with robbing the walgreens at 22nd and capitol in milwaukee last week. all four were charged under the hobbs act, and if convicted, could face life in prison. the 1946 law allows the feds to take over cases involving violent criminals who rob businesses involved in interstate commerce. joyce: new at 6:00, governor walker says the state can help milwaukee with its new safety plan. the city released the plan it calls for 280 more police officers, 150 s

attorney kathleen zellner says d-n-a experts from around the world are lined up... ready to conduct new tests. the defense plans to pay for it all.but attorney julius kim- who is not involved in avery's case- says before that happens.. the state gets to file a response.. and odds are there julius kim 00;48;56 i think there's some assumptions that are built in to her motion one of the assumptions is that the state's not going to challenge the reliability of this new testing to begin with. i think the state is going to take a close look at the testing that is being proposed at this point in time and say hey, are these scientific tests reliable? zellner 13;33;07 we're gonna find out one way or another, was the evidence planted and were also going to be able to get test results that we belive will completely exonerate mr. avery. attorney kim says.. assuming the d-n-a tests are granted- the next step depends on what the tests find.they could find nothing new...or they could provide evidence avery's attorney needs to file a motion for a new trial. another possibility- the

. >> i reached out to steven avery's new attorney, kathleen zellner, to find out what dassey's overturned conviction could mean for avery's appeals. criminal matters back in january. avery is serving a life sentence at waupun for hallbach's murder and today he wrote, "we are thrilled for brendan dassey that his conviction has been overturned. we fully expected this outcome from an unbiased court that carefully examined his confession. i was just visiting steven avery and he is so happy for brendan. , we know when an unbiased court reviews all of the new evidence we have, steven will have his i also reached out to the department of corrections and the wisconsin attorney general's office. they say they are reviewing the federal court's decision and they're not commenting tonight. patrick: brendan dassey's case dates back to 2005. that's when teresa halbach disappeared. she was last seen on the avery salvage yard where she was hired , to take pictures for auto trader magazine. a short time later dassey's uncle, steven avery, was charged after the weeks-long trial in march of 2007, a jury fou

avery's lawyer, kathleen zellner, is asking that the appeal proceeding be delayed until more scientific testing is done. so that's why we are here at the manitowoc county courthouse today, the expectation is zellner will permission from the court for some type of dna or forensic test.yesterday... zellners office told me that we are in the right spot if something were to happen.however today if you call zellners office.. instead of someone answering the phone... you hear a voice recording telling you the office is being overwhelmed with calls from all over the world related to the avery case, and it directs people to their website. so as of right now we are unsure if and when zellner could be here in manitowoc county, case she does, and bring you the latest on the cbs 58 news at four and five.live in manitowoc county david ade cbs 58 news. happening right now, family, friends and a prominent civil rights leader are gathering to say goodbye to sylville smith. smith.the 23-year-old was fatally shot by a milwaukee police officer during a chase nearly 2 weeks ago following a traffic stop. th

his attorney kathleen zellner wants to take a closer look at some of the evidence... these tests are going to establish definitively the age of the blood, in the victims vehicle, so we are going dna methalatonion, zellner says some testing has already been done.. the motion filed is a few hundred pages thick.... proof of many months of arguous work... "now weve got it pinned down to the testing we need to do to determine once and for all was the evidence in the vehicle planted was the dna on the bullet planted , was the car key planted was dna on the car key planted , were going to be able to answer all of the questions " but first... the attorney general needs to "if you think about it, no ones who's guilty would ever allow this extensive testing to be done. from fibers to contaminants to dna to blood aging, all of those things are going to be done in this. " today .. zellner also talked about possible other suspects.. she didn't go into detail.. but did say county, kk fox 6 news aaron rodgers back in action for the packers last night in an important pre- season game

and kathleen zellner tweeted this tonight, just hand-delivered motion for new scientific testing to delores referring to avery's mother. hope to hand-deliver her son in the very near future. two weeks ago today, a federal of avery's nephew, brendan dasse, in the same case. dassey must be released within 90 days of the august 12 ruling, if prosecutors do not seek a retrial. kathy: two weeks after a weekend of unrest, civil rights leader jesse jackson was in milwaukee to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of seville smith, the man killed by a police officer. the service was held at faith christian fellowship church. news cameras were not allowed inside. reverend jackson told 12 news mike anderson he stressed its time to move from blaming to embracing. police it. kathy: police say smith was armed when he was shot in the chest and arm by the police officer. the investigation is being done by the state department of justice. new at 10:00, a spike in armed robberies on milwaukee's east side. there have been a half dozen in just the past 48 hours. the robberies have targeted both men and women thre

kathleen zellner says her client is happy for brendan and they fully expected this outcome. in a statement she also writes, "we know when an unbiased court we have, steven will have his conviction overturned as well." according to court documents we are digging up for you tonight zellner has until the , end of this month, august 29, to file briefs in support of getting avery's murder conviction overturned. avery talked about potentially getting out in a recent interview with in touch magazine. >> yeah, i'm gona be free, yeah. >> wow. >> there's probably a 1000% i'll , has until the 29th to file that paperwork. we'll keep let you know what happens. patrick: you reached to the halbach family. adrienne: teresa's brother, mike. i left a voicemail, but never heard back. patrick: new episodes of the series "making a murderer" docu-series will return to netflix. they'll feature avery's new as they try to get their clients new trials. you can read the judge's entire 91-page ruling on our website wisn.com. there you can also watch the wisn 12 special, inside the avery case files, an

the courthouse is now closed here in manitowoc and the was no sign of steven avery's lawyer kathleen zellner. zellner's office told me about an hour ago anything that could be filed in but also said we are in the right place to see something happen. aversupporters got here around noon today holding signs in support avery and his cousin brenden dassey.they expect avery's lawyer will reveal new evidence and that it will set the grounds for an appeal for avery which they hope eventually leads to his conviction being overturned.i spoke with one of the supporters who has been how here for hours hoping to see zellner stop by. game just to see what she's going to do exactly. because like i said, i was a little confused myself and i shouldn't have been but i was. i don't know the technical things but i'm excited there was a countdown to this we're all really looking forward to this and i'm really excited to see what she knows." knows." a deputy clerk here tells me the manitowoc county clerk is out of the office until monday and as of right now they are not aware of anything coming in from zellner's

a 154- page motion filed by avery's attorney-- kathleen zellner-- includes a comprehensive list of items she wants retested for d-n-a. several of the items were never tested the first time around - including a rav-4 s-u-v, found on the avery property. avery's attorney says the type of testing they want to do could prove if the blood found on the s-u-v was planted from a previous avery case file. zellner "so what's great about this case is all the testing is out there, it's all developed, it's all validated, so we can take the mystery out this mystery, and we think we know what the answer will be." avery's around the world have agreed to participate in the retesting... which the defense team would pay for. the state has not yet commented on the new motion. the man known as the voice of menomonee falls pleads guilty to drug charges. gerald mislang was sentenced to 75 days in jail... after he pleaded guilty to charges connected to an arrest back in february. police say they stopped mislang after spotting his vehicle swerving. smoking crack. prior to his arrest, mislang had been announcing a

his new attorney kathleen zellner visited him yesterday. she says her client is happy for brendan and they fully expected this outcome. in a statement she also writes, "we know when an unbiased court reviews all of the new evidence we have, steven will have his according to court documents zellner has until the end of , this month, august 29, to file briefs in support of getting avery's murder conviction overturned. we have much more coverage of this story on our website, wisn.com. revisit our 12 news special; steven avery, inside the case , files or read the entire , 90-page legal decision that calls for brendan dassey's release. sheldon: how about joining the milwaukee police department? there are more than 30 911 dispatcher positions open right now in the mpd. the department held an open house today to get the word out about the openings, and also let people know the very important role they would play within the department. >> this job is equally as important as being an officer on the street. it is a critical part of the department's m

kathleen zellner says the motion would retest d-n-a evidence in the avery alternate theory on who killed theresa halbach in 2005. earlier this month, averys nephew brendan dasseys case was overturned after a judge determined the then 16 year olds confession should not stand. avery supporters have a good feeling about this one... shes kind of said to us she might know who the killer is. im not sure she has it quite yet but im sure she has some good proof coming up so im interested in seeing what that is. the whole group is interested the motion. fox6 news tracked the avery case from the beginning. we invite you to check out our collection of avery stories going back as far as 2003. search "avery archive" on fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app. a milwaukee area pharmacy chain... burglarized 17 times in just the last month. the owner of hayat pharmacy says his locations were hit three times on wednesday night... and again he says the same four suspects have been taking a powerful and addictive cough medication - promethazine with codeine. security cameras have captured the suspects in hig